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LEGAL PROFESSION ACT 2007 - SECT 476

Fines ordered by Tribunal

(1)  An amount ordered by the Tribunal under section 473 (Orders of Tribunal requiring compliance by practitioner) to be paid by way of a fine by any one Australian legal practitioner in connection with the Tribunal's findings about a complaint must not exceed in total –
(a) 100 penalty units in the case of unsatisfactory professional conduct not amounting to professional misconduct; or
(b) 750 penalty units in the case of professional misconduct.
(2)  If the Tribunal finds that the practitioner has engaged in both professional misconduct and unsatisfactory professional conduct not amounting to professional misconduct, the amount must not exceed 750 penalty units in total.
(3)  The Tribunal may order the suspension of payment of a fine, in whole or in part, or make payment of a fine conditional.



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